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LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am.....62 10a m....178

Indianapolis and vicinity experienced record breaking temperatures today for the second day in 8 row. | At 11 a. m. the mercury reached! 81 to tie the previous mark for| Oct. 22 set in 1920. At noon it was 84 and still climbing under| clear sunny skies. A new record was set in Indianapolis yesterday when the themometer reached 82, bettering by| one degree an Oct. 21 record set in| 1908. 3 Warm Spell to Remain The forecast was for Rontinted| warm today and tonight with: in-|

Brightwood

sidewalks. Can the city build cinder walks here?

GHOST—This is what the children of Brightwood have for a shelter house. The ruined,

brick structure is surrounded by weeds and sawgrass.

THE PEOPLE WANT OUR NEXT MAYOR TO DO

: ‘Clean Up Our Dirty Streets

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% Playgrounds Needed: Railroaders Protest Low-Flying Planes

Residents Say Abandoned Park Shelter House

Is Used as Young Burglars’ Rendezvous By RICHARD LEWIS “THE FIRST THING we need out here,” said Adam 'R. Heck, the Brightwood realtor, “is to have the streets icleaned.” R. C. Borchers, the grocer next door on Station St. (nodded. He thought he remembered seeing the water wagon 'a while back, he said. “Well,” said Mr. Heck, “all the water wagon does is

What Taxpayers Ask, Mr. Candidate—

ONE: Will the City clean the streets in Brightwood ? TWO: How can “Hell's Corner” at Sherman Drive, Massachusetts Ave. and the Big Four tracks he made safe? : THREE: Is there a playground in the cards for Brightwood ? FOUR: When will residents of Forest Manor get sewers”? FIVE: Will a change in administration delay or speed these improvements?

i 'push the dirt and filth up to your front door and leave it there.” “You Heck's secretary, Miss Elizabeth Marks. so thick you can hardly cross the street.” “What we ought to have,” observed the grocer, “is some systematic kind of street cleaning.” | n » ” ” » n One of Indianapolis’ Older Communities AS IN Irvington, street cleaning is one of Brightwood's major grievances. Ask 0. W. Stump, the barber. “See that street out there?” He pointed at the window with his scissors. The be-gowhed customer in tire chair iturned his head to look, too, “How are we going to get that cleaned up?” Brightwood is one of Our Fair City's older communities. Its homes are neat and substantial. Most. of them were built {before the first world war.” They are spacious compared to today's standard for the modest home. Railroaders form the largest group of industrial employees residing

there. Many of them are on night runs and must get their sleep during the day.

~ » . » » » Low-Flying Planes Called No. 1 Nuisance NO. 1 NUISANCE to them is low flying airplanes. The planes come iin so low, complain the railroad men, “theyre like to take the chimney off your house.” Recreation for Brightwood's younger set appears to be confined {for the most part to certain favorite street corners on Roosevelt Ave. or { The neighborhood recalls with gratitude the work of Miss Gertrude b > sett WV. Brown who brought into being the Northeast Community Center on \ users. 30th St; For many youngsters, however, the center is 10 blocks away. Bn {Unt Brightwood gets one farther south, the street corners are nearer. A “Nearer also 1s the “ghost” playgroutid at 21st Bt. and Sherman Drive. Fi ‘Once the Park Board built a fine, brick shelter house there. Today the ruin of the shelter house stands amid high weeds. The roof has % {caved in, the ceiling has fallen, the windows are broken out, the plumb- . Ing is gone and the interior is litteretl with broken glass and junk. ¥ ”. ~ ” # .

k in the street at 36th St. and Sherman Drive. Neither has ? should see how it is in the winter,” said Mr. “The muck gets

phcks, Moris attempting to cross 3d as one of Brightwood's worst

‘Burglars—Instead of Recreation

EVEN 80, the wrecked building is not entirely unused evidence that furtive figures prowl in its debris at night. There is the suffused glow of a flashlight seen after dark. Reci{dents say the place is a rendezvous where youthful burglars divvy up Itheir loot after an evening's adven-

There is

{ture. WHEN they hear the whistle of Perhap: those cancelled Mer- an oncoming train, they know chants National Bank cheeks which they're in a trap. The only way to litter the floor of the abandoned 3°% Off the tracks Is to buck into shelter are evidence of that. rafiz on Maszachusetis Ave, | T x» South of the tracks to 16th St MASSACHUSETTS Ave {s Sherman is a washboard. Slabs of

Brightwood's main artery to down. concrete rise from the roadbed as town. It is also an overland truck though an earthquake: had passed route. So narrow is the thorough- that way. The same condition is Hare that parking in front of one of evident on E. 21st St the manufacturing plants abutting {it makes the street one-way only. Brightwood merchants have advocated the widening of Massachusetts for years. They also would like to see something done with Sher- lamps. 'man Drive, the only through north- Despite the fancy light standards, {south thoroughfare the East Side citizens would like to know if City

has between Meridian St. and Arl- Hall will some day brighten up ington Ave. Brightwood. It's darker than ft

lights in 1941. There was a big. celebration, After huzzahs and hoorays died away, the City Hall thriftily reduced the illumination In ths

,Photos by Victor Peterson, Times Staff Photographer,

creasing cloudiness tomorrow. { Elsewhere in the nation snow

blanketed Great Falls, Mont, me Raiders Seize

+ South Dakota residents sought re- . . ] lief from 90-degree heat. - Most of Whisky Still | the eountry was enjoying un- 4 : * ’ Lf 1 seasonably mild temperatures whic J Shangri-La 1 set records in many areds. | —————————— ——

w— 3 The Weather Bureau's weekly | BALTIMORE, Oct. 22 (UP)—A weather and crop bulletin reported large still for making illegal moontemperatures in the 80s on four of ghine has been seized on the the last seven days. The highest grounds of “Shangri-La,” the presijémperatire Yeported in the state dential retreat in the Catoctin

was 88 degrees at Evansville last | mountains, it was disclosed today,

Wednesday. Local Showers Reported U. 8. Treasury agents found the

Local showers fell over much of illegal still in a heavily-wooded the state during the week. {area on the reservation near ThurThe ‘weather was favorable for mont, Md. i farm work and most corn is now| The agents said it was one of safe from. frost, the Weather Bu- the most elaborate operations seized reau reported. Corn yields are fair in its current drive against illegal to good, but the moisture content Whisky making. is high. The bureau announces some "=. ® = tests show moisture content as high’ THE moonshine plant found on as 40 per cent. ‘ the reservation used by President Some wheat is up and doing well, | Truman included a 100-gallon cop-| but pastures need rain in many sec Per still, 10 50-gallon mash ferment. tions where local showers have been ers and a 50-gallon condenser. inadequate. | The still escaped detection be- | cause the presidential retreat is yir- | tually deserted except for when Mr. Truman goes there for a rest. He hasn't been there for more than three months.

McMurtry in Hospital Detective Chief Jesse P. Mc-| Murtry has been under observation at General Hospital during the past

' week. His. recent illness has forced . t him to be away from his office for UN to Devise Plan

irregular periods. For Future of Palestine LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Oct. 22 Times Index | (UP)—The United Nations, postAmusements , 10 Ruth Millett . 22/poning an immediate decision in de-| Eddie Ash .,. 26 Movies ..... . 10 tail on the partition of Palestine, Bridge ...... 23 Obituaries ... 11 decided today to work out within Classified ..28-30 F. C. Othman 17 the next week a specific plan for Comics ...... 31 Pattern ...:;. 22 the Holy Land's future. veassss 31. The General Assembly's Palestine ve. 18 Ruark ....... 17 committee authorized Chairman! vv... 22 Scherrer .... 18 Herbert V. Evatt of Australia to ap-| Forum ...... 18 Society ...... 21 point three subcommittees, i Meta Given .. 23 Sports .....26-27 One will draft plans for partitionHollywood ... 17 Teen Topics. . 23 ing Palestine, another will reconcile|

4 Editorials § Fashions

Don Hoover .. 18. Wom, News 22-23 state and a third will try to con-

Inside Indpls. 17 Word-A-Day . 17 ciliate 4rab ‘and Jewish views on “ Markets ..... 14 World Affairs 18 the question.

. . (triumph in the municipal elections | Sunday. i e

Home Page .. 13| Weather Map. 8 proposals for a single Arab-Jewish |

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- Sherman, Massachusetts and the Should be after dark. Big Four Railroad form one com- yet : 3 ] INCE Jar plex intersection in Brightwood AS YOU BOUNCE northward on

: She ive, y a0 > Residents call it. “Hell's Corner.” nerman Drive, you reach one of

—— ; - SE — — - _— | Radiant Jade With Massachusetts preferential, Our Fair Ciys unique residential

French Socialist Sentenced fo Die our Fair ©) Cabinet Resigns [For High Treason eis: wiring on sherman wets imi ve cs

—— 0 gee What's ig ‘ol PARIS, Oct. 22’ (UP)—The gov. PEIPING, Oct. 22 (UP)—A Chi- 0 see what's coml : (Continued on Page 3—Column 4)

ernment of Socialist Premier Paul nese court today sentenced Ching The Times Straw Vote

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Reset by Communist ied’ pin-Ho, known familiarly as “Radi- . . abor unions and the resurgence of| . f Gen. Charles de Gaulle—resigned po Jade," ; to deat for nigh eeney Shows Slight Gain today. treason.

The cabinet resignation plunged A toothless smile played on the In Third Day of Balloting

France into the gravest politicalirayaged face of the once beautiful crisis since the war. Mr. Ramauier| defendant as a black-gowned judge | was forced to throw in the Sponge si504 up to read aloud the supreme

by the paralyzing pressure from the penalty—the first ever imposed in Of GOP 67 3% to 32 7 % y . Ao De Gaulle and Communist Cem China against a woman for treason.

My Ls Xomay AL FEENEY, DEMOCRAT, today slightly increased He at once set about forming &| RADIANT JADE, the daughter of his lead over William H. Wemmer, Republican, in the third new streamlined cabinet for whicn a Manchu prince, was accused of tally of The Times Straw Vote for Mavor he will seek a vote of confidence in spying for the Japanese and of ’ CB wr vayor, Here are the aggregate percentages for the three days, plus the two-

the national assembly at ah pening pave the way for Japanese emergency session next Tuesday. Eo, in oS ay pane day figure to provide a handy comparison:

Democratic Candidate Leading Wemmer

The coalition cabinet met twice 1 . 3Days 2Days today to debate a virtual ultimatum a he igus dalmed tat Ra | For Al Feeney, Democrat srersninys 67.3% 66% by the Communist-controlled Gen-| a times as a Korean prostitute, a For William H. Wemmer, Republican ......... 32.7% 34% eral Confederation of Labor for 8 Manchurian grande dame and as a! Straight Democrat Votes ..................4s:s 32.7% 34% listianise wage increase Pont ct| Chinese soldier, in order to carry Straight Republican Votes .................... 24.07% 25% an per cent, under threat o out her schemes. Radiant’ .Jade Republicans for Democrat Feeney ............ 20.0% 17% a general strike. i denied the charges. { Democrats for Republican Wemmer .... 200 » - 3f Mr. Ramadier’'s authority aiready J No Party Preference Indicated ......... 21.3% 21%

had been undermined by De Gaulle's y MR. FEENEY'S increase resulted when he polled 70 per cent of the

votes received the third day, the highest percentage since the counting started. The second day's tally had shown Mr, Feeney and Mr, Wemmer with the identical percentages they won the first day The third-day tally also showed an increase in the number of Republicans voting for Democrat Feeney. / Party trends in the third-day tabulation were: Straight Democrat, ST. PAUL, Minn, Oct. 2 (JP) 30%; Straight Republican, 227%: Republicans for Democrat Feeney, |-=Twenty-four persons were injured, 26%; Democrats for Republican Wemmer, none; No Party Preference {five of them seriously, when an East- Indicated, 227%. {bound freight “train apparently Wn * nN {ignored a “wait” order and INDIANAPOLIS residents whose names are taken from the City collided head-on with a Chicagy- Directory are doing the voting on secret mail ballot cards. The names to-Minneapolis passenger train to- are selected on a regular pattern that includes all sections of the city day. | and the entire alphabet. Bixteen of the Injured were ‘agen Cards are being mailed to new addresses each day to keep abreast to hospitals while eight others we.e of any possible change in the trend of thinking among voters, [treated at the scene and released, Tabulations giving the up-to-the-minute results will be published The accident involved a8 Soo line daily in The Times until the week-end preceding the Nov. 4 election, passenger train and a 13-car Nortn-| The Times Straw Vote — an exclusive feature of this newspaper— |ern Pacific freight train h was is offered only as a public service enterprise, and is by no traveling over a stretch of track. interpreted as a Times prediction of who will win the electi

While Gen. De Gaulle's following;

called the Rally of the French . People, had no deputies, it was =x- g -0N Hurt pected to go vigorously about find- ’

ing means of utilizing the power reflected by the Sunday vote,

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Probers to Expose Records of ‘At Least’ 79 Hollywood Reds

Thomas Says House Group Has Complete Data; Robert Taylor Will Testify Today

BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UP)—Film Actor Robert Taylor said today that Hollywood was packed with *“evidence of Communist activities.”

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UP)—Chairman J. Parnell Thomas of the House Un-American Activities Committee said today that he would axposs soon the records of “at least 79". Hollywood Reds. The New Jersey Republican’ made this statem-nt as M-G-M Exec utive James K. McGuinness testified in the third day of a public investizaiion of movieland communism that: Fate “1 believe them (Hollywood Reds) bo a definitely to be in the service of a Tarkington ome {oreign government definitely take : ing orders from on high.” . - Mr. Thomas interrupted at one | point to say: In Maine Safe | *This committee has very coms | plete records on Communists in Hollywood. It has complete data on | Forest Fire Subdued {at least 79 of them and will place After Heavy Loss the material in the record either Raging « forest fires sweeping Some time this week or next.” through Maine hadnot reAched the! Mr. McGuinness testified that: showplace home of the lafe Hocsier! ONE: Alvah Bessie, screen writer h Tarkington this and former movie: eritie for the novelist Boot : Communist magaging “Néw Masses,” {morning was known around Hollywood as & | “There is still some hope,” MIS. communist Party “hatchet man.” (Tarkington told The Times In &| Two: Film Writers John Howard ltelephone conversation this moMm-| roweon Donald Ogden Stewart, ing, “We are ready to leave at & pio pardner Jr., Richard Collins, moment's notice , . . but we hope Hy Kraft and Jules Dassein were we can stay.” “considered to have Communist Mrs. Tarkington said the fires leanings.” eemed to be mostly under control, THREE: Movie figures belonging but that they still flare up veriodi- (, the League of American Writers

cally. which has been: called a Commu= Pine Smoke Siifling nist front—supported a pre-war A fierce wind which had been aviation strike in California ale whipping the flames toward the tnotigh the late President Roosevelt

Farkington residence on the edge had condemned it. 1 Kennebunkport has ded down FOUR: Hollywood is awakening The novelist’s widow sald return to the Communist menace, and Red of the wind might bring the fire film writers have less chance than on to the forest which is located they did six months or a year ago few yards from the Tarkington to get the party line into scripts, FIVE: Communists are a minority Another menace. Mrs. Tarkington In Hollywood, but have had some said, is a heavy pine smoke which Success in getting their ideas into makes it difficult to breath, She Pictures. said she had all windows closed to SIX: Although he wouldn't want keep .out the choking smoke, but even a Red to be deprived of his that it filled the house, causing livelihood, Congress ought to make burning throats and smarting eyes the American public aware of the At the time of the conversation ‘group of Quislings who intend to ‘he fire was about two miles from destroy our government and impose the Tarkington home, and was a foreign ideology.” pread over about a three-mile for- Writer More Important asl’ Ares Rep. Richard M. Nixon (R. Cal) Unable to: Move Paintings asked which was more important in pictures—the writer or. actor. Mis. Tarkington said it has not, pr McGuinness replied “the been possible vo have any of the gejter.” famous Tarkington art collection Rep. Nixon then suggested that carried from the home to safety. All communists for that reason were available trucks, she said, have been ceoking to influence first writers, put into service carrying water to then directors and finally actors, {the fire fighters. Mr. McGuinness agreed | - The priceless collection includes| “The situation then is that the | famous 18th Century paintings, in- writers in Hollywood are under dicluding originals by Holbein and rection to distort the facts about | Gainsborough. Many of the famous America?” Rep. Nixon asked. hooks and manuscripts collected by “I believe that is true,” Mr, Methe late novelist also are imperiled, (Guinness sald | Mrs. Tarkington spends her sum-| Mr. McGuinness said filmland mers in the Maine home, returning Reds, at a time when Adolf Hitler to her home at 4270 N. Meridian St. and . Josef Stalin were political in early November, friends, encouraged West Coast

aviation strikers even th “FDR Flames Under Control; ugh

had condemned the strike.” 200 Homes Destroyed

The strike, at the North Amers ican Aviation : KENNEBUNKPORT, Me., Oct. 22 4 Corp, was. Stoken (UP)—A forest fire which

hen U, 8. troops took over the into this seaport anM destroyed 200

swept plant. homes, two hotels and a grade Liquor Workers Want school and forced removal of an . 3 estimated 5000 persons was brought Holiday Called Off WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UP) One man was dead, and damage Distillery Workers Union represen« in Kennebunkport alone was esti- tatives today urged President Trumated by State Forest Commission- man's Food Committee to call off er Raymond E. Randall at about the 60-day whisky-making “holiday”

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{under control today. |

$1,000,000 scheduled to start Saturday mid« About 100 fires, of which this was night, the most serious, raged through’ The union proposed’ instead thas

New England's drought-dried wood- the committee approve a partial lands, and the six-state area shutdown of .the liquor industry counted total damage of about over a longer period of time. They $3,000,000. said this would save more grain for erin |Burope and prevent unemployment : : {in the distillery industry. Soft Drink Dispenser (In the Oo ittoe was . Turns on Its Customer 'to reject the request.

Police had to dismantle a soft! Ap - drink dispenser yesterday in order EXPLOSIONS ROCK JAFFA

to release the hand of Kenneth JERUSALEM, Oct, 33 (UP)—Two Cassell, 17, Bridgeport, Kenneth had powerful explosions rocked Jaffa inserted his hand in the bottle cut- tonight, injuring three Arabs and let of the cabinet at a Standard causing damage estimated ak thous Grocery, 3350 W. Washington St, {sands of dollars. fA

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